With the announcement that BBC2 is going to air all five seasons of The Wire, everyone is quick to jump on the bandwagon and tell their praise. The show is scheduled for 1120pm, and will be on every night for the next 12 weeks.
MSN reports on the Wire
The Telegraph Emma Hartley Blog
The Telegraph news post
Little known to the wider audience perhaps, George Pelecanos is a DC based writer who also became producer of the show.
I’m yet to read any of his own novels, but according to the latest issue of Stop Smiling, his style seem quite similar to that of David Simon and Edward Burns; the gritty reality of [...]
Five season of the Wire is gone. It’s been one hell of a ride. Big ups and downs.
Have to say that I thought the ending was pretty damn perfect. A little bit sentimental, but not over the top. And even if the show came to and end, the city and streets continue to live its [...]
Today I stumbled upon an old but interesting blog post about the Wire’s credit sequence. The post discuss how it differs from your average television show credits.
…The Wire’s four credits sequences don’t fit any of these descriptions; the images are taken out of context from the season’s 12 episodes and arranged in a pattern that [...]
This is the first post in while that is actually written during proper ‘mcnultish’ circumstances – I’ve had a few beers and just need to rant a little. I stumbled upon the website ‘the entourage f*cking fan club‘ which certainly does share a few similarities with this humble fan(tastic) blog
To be perfectly honest, [...]
Did you know that Jimmy McNulty is played by an English actor? Or Stringer Bell? Well, it’s true…
Dominic West, who plays McNulty, was born and raised in Sheffield. According to the book The Wire: Truth Be Told, he got the role of McNulty by sending over an audition tape of him self playing the part [...]
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